Grip for shoe-polishing cloths.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

0. L. DURBORAW GRIP FOR SHOE POLISHING CLOTHS. APPLICATION FILED snr'mz,190a. RENEWED 0012.13. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CHARLES L. DURBORAW, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO MEYER METZGER,OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GRIP FOR SHOE-POLISHING CLOTHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented May 15, 1906.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be'it'known that 1, CHARLES L. DURBO- RAW, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Grips for Shoe-Polishing Cloths,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in grips for shoe-polishingcloths.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and efiicientdevice which can readily be attached to or detached from the ends of acloth used for polishing shoes and which will afford means whereby thesaid cloth can be firmly held in the hand without cramping the fingersof the user.

Other features of the invention will be fully set forth in the iollowingspecification and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved grip attached to the end of a piece of cloth. Fig. 2 is an endview. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line X X of Fig. 1 the clothbeing omitted.

Q 4 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of theT-shaped fastenings.

Similar reference-numerals designate like parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, 1 designates the lower section, and 2 the upper section,of the grip. The lower section 1 is provided with a central concavity 3,running the entire length of the said section, and an approximatelyV-shaped groove 4 4 on each side of and running parallel with the saidconcavity 3. Each end of the section 1 is provided with a slot 5 5, intoeach of which is pivoted an approximately T-shaped fastening 6 6. Thesaid fastening is pivoted to the section 1 by means of a pin 7 7,passing through the aperture 8 in the lower end of the said fasteningand into the sides of the said section, as indicated byfdotted lines inFigs. 2 and 4.

The upper section 2 is provided on one surface with a central convexity9, extending the entire length of the said section and adapted to fitinto the concavity 3, and an approximately V-shaped projection 10 10 oneach side of said convexity 9, adapted to fit into the grooves 4 4. Theends of the section 2 are slightly rounded at 11 and are each providedwith a slot 12 12, into which the shank of the T-shaped fastening 6projects when the sections are locked together. The rounded ends 11permit the head of the fastenings 6 6 to ride up over the upper surfaceof the upper section 2.

When it is desired to secure the grip to the end of a cloth, thefastenings 6 6 are slipped out of the slots in the section 2 and hangpendent to section 1. The sections 1 and 2 are then separated, the clothplaced therebetween, and said sections again placed together. Thefastenings 6 6 are then forced up over the rounded ends 11 of section 2until the heads thereof rest upon the upper surface of said sections, asshown in Fig. 1, whereby the cloth will be securely held by saidsections 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim i's 1. As an article ofmanufacture, a grip com prising two sections, and two approximatelyT-sha ed fastenings pivoted to one section and a apted to fit over theother section, as and for the purpose described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a grip comprising two sections eachhaving a slot in each end thereof, and means fitted in the slots of onesection and adapted to operate in the slots of the other section to lockthe said sections together.

3. As an article of manufacture, a grip comprising two sections eachhaving a slot in each end thereof, and an approximatel T- shapedfastening pivoted in each slot 0 one section and adapted to take intothe slots of the other section to lock the said sections together.

4. As an article of manufacture, a grip comprising two sections, one ofsaid sections having a concavity extending the entire length thereof andan approximately V-shaped groove on each side of, and running parallelWith, the said concavity, and the other section having a convexityextending the entire length thereof and an approximately V- shapedprojection on each side of and running parallel with the said convexity,and

means for locking the said sections together.

5. As an article of manufacture, a grip comprising two sections, one ofsaid sections havmg a concavity extending the entire length thereof andan approximately V-shaped groove on each side of, and running parallelvvith, the said concavitly, andv thother sectlon having a convexityextending the entire length thereof and an approximately V- shapedprojection on each side of and running parallel with the said convexity,each of said sections having a slot in each end thereof, and meanspivoted in the slots of one section and adapted to be forced intotheslots of the other section to lock the said section's together;-

6. As an article of manufacture, a grip comprising two sections; one ofwhich. is provided with a concavity extending the entire length thereofand an approximately V shaped groove on each side of and runningparallel with said concavity, and aslot in each end thereof, and thjother section having a convexity extending the entire length thereof andan approximately -V -shaped projection on each side of and runningparallel with said convexity, and a slot eachend thereof, and anapproximatelyT-shaped fastening pivoted in each slot of one section andadapted to-be forced over the other section, to lock the sectionstogether.

In testimon whereof I affix my. signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES L. DURB'ORAW. Witnesses:

HENRY WATSON; CHAPIN ArFERGUSON;

